On a warm, sunny morning in July, about a dozen youth gathered in front of the Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre to paint a mural. Over the next several weeks, youth from a variety of cultural backgrounds came together to transform a blank sheet of plywood on the side of a local building into a vibrant painting. While I was in Shaunavon this summer, I met up with some of the youth and organizers of this project, and produced this digital story.
I spent August 12 in Shaunavon at the Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre. Each year they host two different Kids’ Art Camp, and this year they asked that I come and facilitate a workshop for one of the days.
The roster was full with fun activities: visiting a local pottery studio, making Celtic walking sticks, painting, etc. So, I decided to add Papier–mâché to the list. Namely, we made Papier-mâché rabbit sculptures
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I had the group of twelve make the wire frames of the rabbits, stuff the frames, apply the Papier-mâché, and paint their sculpture s all in one day! They worked hard, but the end result was a dozen cute rabbits.
About 20 people showed up to Movie Night at the Museum, held at the Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre, to watch the digital stories that workshop participants in Shaunavon, SK created earlier this week. Sandra’s story is on her uncle Elmer who experienced hearing loss from an ear infection in the 1930s.
